UniCredit has granted €77 mln in financing to Benako Project 2, a company owned by the logistics developer Akno Group.

Belgian logistics real estate company WDP has invested €58 mln in acquiring a prime logistics site in the Port of Le Havre, France. 

Sustainable office developer Edge and Mitsubishi Estate London have secured financial backing from a group of Japanese partners for the Edge Shaftesbury office development.

Global real estate investment manager Barings has appointed Jorge Zawerthal Duarte as its head of Portfolio Management, European Real Estate Equity. 

Edmond de Rothschild Asset Management has appointed Anne-Laurence Roucher as its new Group Head of Private Markets.

The UK's industrial and logistics real estate market is showing strong signs of normalisation and growth, with take-up of large warehouse spaces (over 9,290 m²) reaching 3.07 million m² in 2025. 

European alternative investor Signal and London-based property firm W.RE have jointly purchased 10 Lime Street, City of London

Henry Boot, through its property arm HBD, has expanded its Origin joint venture with Feldberg Capital by adding three new industrial and logistics (I&L) projects. 

Friedrich Traub has joined Hamburg-based real estate developer Europa-Center as the new Head of Leasing.

Clearbell and joint venture partner Deva Capital have acquired three new industrial and logistics properties in the UK from an institutional investor.

Retail property investor and manager GRR Garbe Retail has announced that Thomas Wagner has joined the management board alongside Andreas Freier and Jan Heidelmann.

French REIT Klépierre has finalised the acquisition of Casamassima mall, a retail destination in the Bari metropolitan area of Italy. 

As of 1 January 2026, Nicolas Beaussillon has assumed the role of managing director at Retail Estates, a Belgian REIT specialising in out-of-town retail properties. 

In 2025, UK hotel investments are estimated to have reached £5.0 bn (€5.90 bn), according to Savills research.

Belgium-based property investor Vastned announced that CFO Officer Barbara Gheysen resigned from her position on 31 December 2025, to pursue other opportunities. 

The first half of 2025 saw a 65% annual increase in real estate investments within the Italian hospitality sector to reach €1.4 bn, with almost half coming from foreign sources.

European real estate investor Greykite has launched a new German residential property platform called Baunest, starting with the acquisition of 1,600 apartment units. 

Knight Frank's latest Retail Investment Update reveals that the retail property sector consolidated its position as the best-performing property asset class in 2025 in the UK.

Swedish investment manager ABG Fastena is divesting a portfolio of 16 retail properties, totalling nearly 73,000 m2, to Svenska Handelsfastigheter for about SEK 1.6 bn (€137 mln).

European residential developer Bonava has sold three rental housing projects in Germany (Berlin, Hamburg, and Leipzig), totalling 299 apartments for €96 mln.

Berlin-based Catella IM, in collaboration with Catella Investment Management Benelux and Catella Real Estate AG (CREAG), has acquired the Sea Tower residential development in Zoetermeer, Randstad. 

Pan-European real estate investor Europi Property Group and real asset investor Incus Capital have formed a joint venture to expand Portuguese logistics company Ecologis into an Iberian logistics platform. 

Dutch commercial real estate investor Wereldhave has announced the sale of two assets in the Netherlands and Belgium, and a new long-term financing for its Belgian operations.

Hungary-based property and asset manager Shopper Park Plus (SPP) has announced the acquisition of a real estate portfolio in Poland and the securing of financing for this deal.

European retail property specialist Eurocommercial Properties has refinanced €525 mln in long-term debt. 

Supermarket Income REIT (SUPR) has finalised the purchase of three UK-based supermarkets for a combined total of £97.6 mln (€114.1 mln).

Following a stagnant 2025, Europe is moving into a phase of gradual recovery, supported by stabilised inflation and more consistent financial conditions.

Data from the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) reveals that German residential property prices increased by an average of 3.3% in the third quarter of 2025 compared to the same period in 2024. 

Regional commercial property specialist Regional REIT has refinanced its existing debt facility, extending the maturity date from August 2026 to December 2028.

The real estate market is expected to make a strong comeback in 2026 after a few challenging years, according to Nuveen’s 2026 Real Estate Outlook.

Kryalos SGR and Crossbay, through their Bay Fund, have acquired a 52,000 m2 last-mile logistics facility in Fiumicino, Italy. 

Mapletree Investments has purchased a modern 34,852 m2 logistics facility in Roosendaal, West-Brabant, Netherlands, from Verdion for €32.3 mln.

Global investor Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan (OTPP) Board has announced that Jenny Hammarlund will become their new executive managing director, Real Estate, starting 5 January 2026.

Swedish property company Catena has signed a Letter of Intent (LOI) to potentially acquire a portfolio of 20 logistics properties across Sweden, Denmark, and Finland, valued at SEK 9 bn (€779 mln).

Swedish property company Castellum has sold seven properties in separate transactions, totalling an underlying property value of SEK 500 mln (€43.3 mln). 

Swedish property company Emilshus has completed eight separate transactions to acquire 14 light industrial properties for SEK 379 mln (€32.8 mln).